I’m not certain that there will be any legislation at the end of this mess. Going in the legislation would already be written before anything was introduced into a parliament, and it would come from the leadership.
]]>I keep debating amongst myself the advantages and disadvantages of a US-style split executive/legislative system, a UK-style parliamentary system, proportional representation systems, and instant runoff systems. There does not seem to be any particular magic bullet form of government though that results in good government. Parliamentary systems do seem, on average, to work better, but let’s say that the U.S. House of Representatives was Parliament. Do you seriously believe that the health care reform bill that passed the House is better than what’s going to come out of the conference committee and get signed by President Obama? In a parliamentary system, that monstrosity would already be law…
– Badtux the Civics Penguin
]]>I get a definite feeling that the Brits are a good deal more sensitive to public sentiment because of their parliamentary system, than the US is. If Congress had to run on what has been done so far this year, there would be major changes, and a lot of new faces.
]]>Apparently a group of lawmakers introduced a bill called “Let Wall Street Pay for the Restoration of Main Street Act”
Job Creation Takes Center Stage in Washington
Yeah, we’ll see… But I won’t hold my breath. 😉
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